Stepan Galaktionov

His teachers included Ignaz Sebastian Klauber, Mikhail Matveevich Ivanov, and Semyon Shchedrin.

He later became a full Academician for landscape painting, based on his depiction of the lapidary factory in Peterhof.

In addition, he was in the service of the hydrographic depot at Naval Headquarters, where he taught the drawing of marine animals, as well as engraving and lithography.

In addition to teaching, he created vignettes for several almanacs and magazines, and provided illustrations for the works of many contemporary authors, such as Ivan Krylov and Alexander Pushkin.

As was common practice at the time, most of his engravings were based on other artists' paintings and drawings, but he also created original works.